Instead of waiting for Ryuji to leave, giving him time to recover and bee even stronger, it would be better to take advantage of this opportunity and kill him right here.

  "Jogo!"

  Hanami and the others uood this all too well.

  They couldn't help but look at Jogo.

  "Yeah."

  He nodded solemnly, as fmes started rising from his palm once again.

  "Get ready to attack!"

  With those words, even Mahito, who had been losing his mind earlier, snapped back to reality and posed himself.

  "Good idea!"

  Ryuji, of course, saw right through Kenjaku's little ploy.

  But it didn't matter much.

  "Shadoution!"

  The shadow under his feet began to twist and shift, f a sharp bde that materialized in Ryuji's hand.

  Without another word, he swung the bde decisively towards Kenjaku's head.

  "Damn it!"

  Seeing this, Kenjaku realized he had no other choice.

  *Swish!*

  The skull split open.

  "Hm?"

  Ryuji raised an eyebrow, surprised as he looked at Suguru's y head.

  Kenjaku had chosen to abandon Suguru's body.

  Kenjaku's real form was that cursed brain. As long as that brain survived, Kenjaku could tinue inhabiting other bodies. If the brain was destroyed, however, Kenjaku would die.

  "tacted target: Kenjaku! Goldery Triggered, would you like to load it?"

  What surprised Ryuji even more was that the Kenjaku entry had only been triggered nht at the st moment.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  Suddenly, Geto's body began to swell and mutate.

  "Are they going berserk?"

  Geto had ed many cursed spirits. Now that his body had lost trol, the curses he had previously maniputed began to break free.

  "Meteor!"

  Jogo made his move.

  A massive meteor appeared in the sky, desding rapidly toward Ryuji.

  "Tsk."

  A brainless cursed spirit, huh?

  "Third Dimension!"

  Ryuji first geto's body, using Third Dimension to send it into the dimensional space. The tless cursed spirits inside Suguru's body would be a feast, and Ryuji wasn't willing to let them go to waste.

  The dimensional space was vast enough to hahem, even if they went wild within it.

  After seg Geto's body, Ryuji turned his attention to the fallieor.

  "Third Dimension!"

  This time, he used Third Dimension to distort space.

  *Bang! Bang! Bang!*

  Uhe power of the distorted space, the metean to crack, breaking apart piece by pietil it was pletely disied.

  "No way!"

  Jogo and the other cursed spirits were stunned.

  They had hoped to kill Ryuji with that oack, but it seemed their pns had failed.

  Jogo, atg Ryuji, spoke seriously.

  "That's why you o die here!"

  They couldn't allow Ryuji to grow any stronger.

  Hanami and Mahito moved quickly, f a triangur formation with Jogo, surrounding Ryuji.

  As fon…

  *Puff... Puff...*

  He was still in his cursed womb state.

  "Did Kenjaku get away?"

  Ryuji casually gnced in the dire where Kenjaku had fled.

  The man had made a quick escape, true to his rat-like nature.

  The Hasaba sisters had only asked feto's body. They didn't seem ied in killing Kenjaku, probably because they didn't know who—or what—he really was.

  It didn't matter, though.

  Kenjaku had triggered a goldery, so Ryuji wasn't in a hurry to chase him down.

  Instead, he turned his attention to the cursed spirits surrounding him.

  With a sudden ugh, Ryuji faced them.

  "What are you ughing at?"

  Jogo and the others felt disrespected by his rexed attitude, as if he didn't take them seriously at all.

  "Nothing."

  Ryuji smiled, waving a hand dismissively.

  "It's just funny that lowly cursed spirits would dare to stand in front of me. Hirious, really."

  "…"

  The fmes on Jogo's head fred up, showing signs of growing fury.

  "In that case, let me show you why we're called the Disaster Cursed Spirits!"

  Jogo made a series of hand seals.

  "Domain Expansion – Coffin of the Iron Mountain!"

  Sinal spells weren't w on Ryuji, it was time t out the stroeique—a domain expansion!

  "Domain Expansion – Shining Sea Of Flowers!"

  Hanami followed suit, activating his own domain expansion immediately after Jogo.

  In an instant, everyone was engulfed in the bined domains of Jogo and Hanami.

  "I…"

  Mahito hesitated.

  Was this the moment to use his own domain expansion? But he hadn't mastered it yet.

  Out of the four Disaster Cursed Spirits, only Dagon was still in his inplete form, and Mahito was the only one who hadn't awakened his domain expansion.

  It was frustrating, to say the least.

  He had the greatest potential of them all, but that also meant awakening his domain expansion was the hardest for him.

  "Tsk."

  It was annoying to see everyone else using domains while he stood there, uo do the same.

  But then, Mahito smirked as a thought struck him.

  "That human 't use a domaiher!"

  He watched Ryuji, who had shown no signs of activating a domain, and suddenly felt a bit better about the situation.

  Of course, that sense of bance didn't st long.

  Ryuji csped his hands together.

  "Domain Expansion – Malevolent Kit!"

  If everyone's using their domains, it'd be rude if I didn't use mine, right?

  "What!"

  Jogo and Hanami were stunned.

  In mere moments, Ryuji's domain had pletely overridden theirs, showing that his domain was superior.

  "How is that possible?!"

  They could hardly believe it, but there was no time to process the shock.

  Ryuji smiled faintly and flicked his fingers.

  tless sshes appeared around Jogo, Hanami, and Mahito.

  "!"

  With the guaranteed hit effect of the domain, the cursed spirits had no way to dodge the attack. They could only watch as the sshes tore into them.

  When Ryuji finally deactivated the domain, the three Disaster Cursed Spirits y on the ground, covered in blood.

  "You bastard!"

  Jogo was the only one able to stand.

  "He's really gotten stronger…"

  It wasn't surprising. He had probably absorbed power from cursed legends, urban myths, and more.

  Ryuji grabbed Jogo's volo-shaped head, lifting him off the ground.

  "tacted target: Jogo!

  Purple Entry activated, would you like to load it?"

  So, it had been triggered. But it was only a purple entry? Just like the origgered with Hanami.

  Still, ditions seemed to be met.

  "Detected 10 purple entry triggered! Oime draw avaible, would you like to use it?"

  The system prompt came again, but Ryuji ig for now. He could draw ter.

  "So, why 't cursed spirits just stay hidden? Always trying to take over the world. If you don't die, who will?"

  Ryuji wasn't inally ied ihings.

  But if they dared to disrupt his peaceful life, they couldn't pihey were crushed.

  "…"

  Jogo said nothing, staring at Ryuji with his one remaining eye, unafraid of death.

  There was nothing more to say. , Ryuji activated Soul Devourer.

  Not far away, Hanami and Mahito were still lying on the ground, watg their rades fall one by one.

  Jogo was now in Ryuji's grasp.

  Even Dagon, still in his cursed womb state, had stopped making his usual sounds.

  After a long silence, fire still burned in Jogo's eyes.

  "Jogo! Hanami! Mahito!"

  Dagon's voice rang out.

  Then—

  *Boom!*

  With a loud crash, Dagon emerged in his fully-formed cursed spirit body, charging directly at Ryuji in an attempt to save Jogo.

  "Hmm?"

  Though he didn't look at him, Ryuji immediately sensed Dagon's approach.

  "Run, Dagon! Don't e any closer!"

  Jogo's expression shifted as he shouted in panic.

  Dagon was no match for Ryuji!

  Dagon ignored Jogo's warning, his eyes filled with resolve as he tio charge at Ryuji.

  "…"

  Ryuji was a bit taken aback by this.

  "Why does this feel like I'm the vilin?"

  He couldn't help but mutter to himself.

  These cursed spirits were ag so brave and fearless, like they were the heroes of the story. Were they the protagonists?

  *Bang!*

  Still, Ryuji casually threw Jogo at Dagon, sending him flying.

  "Run, Dagon!"

  Even in this state, Jogo's only was fon's safety.

  "…"

  Dagon stood up again, silent.

  He g Hanami, Jogo, and Mahito one by one, as memories of their time together pyed in his mind.

  It erfect back then. If only things could have stayed that way forever.

  The more he thought about it, the more determined his eyes became. He slowly raised his hands.

  "Dagon! Don't! What are you doing?!"

  Jogo seemed to realize what was happening and shouted in panic.

  "Huh?"

  Ryuji raised an eyebrow, curious. What was Dagon pnning?

  But it didn't matter much.

  "Domain Expansion – Horizon of the Captivating Skandha!"

  Dagon expanded his domain. It was a closed-off space, pletely separating Jogo, Hanami, and Mahito from him.

  At the same time, Dagon's voice echoed in their ears.

  "Let's meet again in a hundred years, everyone!"

  "…"

  Looking at the barrier that now divided them, Jogo ched his fists tightly.

  "Let's go!"

  He grabbed Hanami and Mahiting them away.

  He couldn't let Dagon's sacrifice be in vain. He had to survive and grow stronger.

  "You know you 't beat me," Ryuji said, watg Dagon.

  The Horizon of the Captivating Skandha truly was a beautiful domain, the sun, the o, the beach. It was breathtaking.

  Looking at Dagon standing amidst it, Ryuji chuckled softly.

  "…"

  Even knowing it was futile, Dagon still stood firm. What kind of battle was this? A cursed spirit battle, indeed.

  Fag Ryuji's words, Dagon didn't deny anything. His eyes burned with determination, as though he had made peace with his decision.

  "Jogo said that the one ughing in the wilderness a hundred years from now doesn't have to be me. As long as it's a cursed spirit, that's enough! This is our dream, and it's alive right now!"

  By the end of his speech, Dagon seemed almost ignited with passion. His entire cursed spirit form radiated a high iy of power.

  "…"

  Should I add some dramatic background music to this?

  Ryuji stared at Dagon, someeechless. For a moment, he was lost for words.

  "Surging Dead Sea Army!"

  Without any more preamble, Dagon made his move. With a wave of his hand, tless invisible cursed fish spirits surged toward Ryuji.

  Thanks to the domain's guaranteed hit effect, all of them were locked onto Ryuji.

  "Well, alright then," Ryuji said, preparing himself.

  "Let's finish this."

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